Is Clapboard One Word or Two?
Clapboard in Modern American Usage Is a Word for Long, Thin Boards Used to Cover Walls and (Formerly) Roofs of Buildings. Historically, It Has Also Been Called...
Clapboard in modern American usage is a word for long, thin boards used to cover walls and (formerly) roofs of buildings. Historically, it has also been called clawboard and cloboard. In Australia and New Zealand, the term weatherboard is always used.
What does a clapboard?
1 archaic : a size of board for making staves and wainscoting. 2 : a narrow board usually thicker at one edge than the other used for siding.
Why is it called clapboard?
The word clapboard is derived from the Dutch word "klappen," which means to split. A clapboard house has wooden siding mounted horizontally. Today, many homes with synthetic siding imitates clapboard.
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